nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 1 NLR Update John Silvester University of Southern Califonia nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 2 2006 National LambdaRail, Inc. National LambdaRail Infrastructure nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 3 Backbone Expansion - Boston Node Infrastructure via a wave swap between CANARIE and NLR NLR received: 4 waves from NEWY to BOST; 1 wave from BOST to STAR Add OADM, FrameNet and PacketNet services to BOST Equipment deployed 12/2007 FrameNet 1 10 GE BOST to NEWY connected Remaining 10 GE, BOST to CHIC to be completed in February PacketNet Initial connectivity via FrameNet backhaul Dedicated 10 GE PacketNet backhaul between BOST and NEWY to be added when needed. WaveNet - 2 to 3 waves available nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 4 International Activities Continue to add peers for Packetnet Interest from several international partners in acquiring dedicated circuits from NLR On FrameNet And WaveNet Allows low cost extension of their reach into US or to reach other peering exchanges and GOLES. nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 5 WaveNet Summary 218 Lambdas installed OC-192 or 10 GE 106 Active Circuits 59 Customer circuits 47 NLR (FrameNet or PacketNet) 10 Pre-acceptance or provisioning 42 Reserved or Spare Installed but not yet monitored or used. 60 Decommissioned circuits Typically from SCxx or completed projects WaveNet Weathermap nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 7 FrameNet 10 GE connection to MANLAN completed Fall 2007 Supports layer2 connectivity to international networks All FrameNet services available Dedicated and non-dedicated VLANS Point-to-point and Multipoint 177 Total VLANS 113 Active VLANs 71 User VLANS Dedicated and non-dedicated 42 NLR Layer3 backup, Out of Band monitoring, etc. nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 8 FrameNet - VLAN Count nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 9 FrameNet - Dedicated Bandwidth per Segment nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 10 Dynamic VLAN Provisioning Allows you to dynamically set up a VLAN over NLR Layer2 service; in operation. (see demo at noon BoF today) Expected Uses High bandwidth, infrequent use Projects with specific bandwidth requirements for specific time periods Weather forecasting for 8 hours a day, 4 weeks Move large data sets, once a month Key components WWW interface that allows you to specific end points, bandwidth and timeframe Configures the switches, makes bandwidth available. Requires contract and authorization nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 11 PacketNet Stable, no significant changes Total routes ~8K Additional routes added regularly, including International Peers Telepresence Cisco Telepresence equipment installed in the KANS node Telepresence Multipoint Switch, Session Border Controller and Network Management Server Supports point to point and multipoint telepresence sessions Plans to connect to Telepresence exchanges Support Telepresence calls between telepresence-ready backbones. nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 12 Reporting Tool New web-based tool used to generate member and project reports Initially focuses just on Layer1 and Layer2 services Report includes: List of circuits used - both active and inactive - back to FY Logical map of the layer1 and layer2 infrastructure associated with a member Reports can be generated for Member Project Start Node and/or End Node Reports can be used to debug complex hybrid networks nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 13 Example Project Report - ETF nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 14 Example Logical Map - ETF Project nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 15 NLRview NLR Test points Deployed at all PacketNet and most FrameNet Nodes CLEV, RALE, PITT and BOST remain Network Performance software deployed NPAD and NDT available at ATLA, HOUS, DENV, WASH, NEWY, CHIC, LA Allow end-users to troubleshoot their network connections. Data collected Network measurement Network performance nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 16 Optical Switching Restore Optical switching infrastructure Original lambdas used for SC07. Dedicate spare waves for a 6 month project NLR will collaborate with other optical switching projects EnLIGHTened, LONI, UltraLight, GLIF, etc. Provide experience to NLR engineers and ESS for supporting optical switching projects Includes using NLRview to debug optical switching infrastructure. Infrastructure availble to research project upon request. nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 17 GMPLS 100 Mbps VLAN dedicated to GMPLS control plane. Understand issues associated with out-of-band control of optical switches. Collaboration with EnLIGHTened (NCLR), LONI, UltraLight (CENIC) and others. Experience in optical control planes. nlr.net 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 18 For more details Winter 2008 ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs Workshop NLR Layer 2 / Layer 3 Technical Update January 21, 2008, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM UTC/GMT -10 hours Location: Ohana Ed Balas, Indiana University [pdf] Jon-Paul Herron, Indiana University Brent Sweeny, Indiana UniversityEd BalaspdfJon-Paul HerronBrent Sweeny Session Abstract While the plenary session will skim through a number of NLR Layer 1/2/3 updates, this session will focus on new technical features of the Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks, especially the new dynamic-provisioning feature.